Don't feel ill - it look me a very long time to find it and you can too.

• positive voice recognition? - medhead
  • RE: - medhead
  • Absolutely - love it. Use eScription's EditScript. - VReditor
    • I also work on eScription and LOVE it. - :)nm
    • eScription - Carol G.
      • Not for me - MT
      • all work types - 3000 lines a day @ 12 cpl 65 characters - VReditor
        • I feel ill - MT
          • Don't feel ill - it look me a very long time to find it and you can too. - VReditor
            • Thanks :-) - MT
  • Speech recognition - passing through
  • I am doing some voice recognition and I love it. - Wannie

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Last year was such a horrible time for me and my family.  I was fighting a bout with major depression - officially diagnosed by a psychiatrist - but I had no alternative to extra income.  I had a miscarriage, lost one of the most precious people to me in my life and eventually went downhill from there.  I could not get motivated to do much work.  Made a few hundred dollar paydays was all and I lost my home, lost my car, had to move somewhere I did not want to, my cat died at the same time.  So many things went wrong and no matter how bad I needed the money (to save my home, my car, etc.) I could not get it together and I wish, oh how I wish, that I would have found some way.  I know our instances may be different due to where I was major depressive at that point in time but the point it - find ANYTHING to get you motivated to stay on track.  I don't want to see or hear of anyone go through what my family and I went through last year.  And, again, I know different circumstances but could end in the same result.  So maybe my story will get you motivated.  Think of possibly losing it all and that will get you in gear.

Good news though - found a lovely place to live where the bills are so easy (got to move from the craphole we first had to move to), nicer than our home, so much more financial freedom where I can work less than what I was having to work just to keep our old home.  Still working on the depression though - but am seeing the rainbow!

I have read some things before about getting on the ball.  I get bored too.  What helps me at times is I set a timer or watch the clock....Work as hard as I can for 1 hour and then take a small break (like 10 minutes) and then do it again.  I am anxious to work hard to see what I can get in my hours time.  Maybe it is trying to trick myself psychologically...lol...but it works.

Good luck to you!  I think we all hit this at some point!  But the nice paydays are VERY NICE when we get them! 

I used to make $70,000 and up a year and did so for most of the late 80s and 90s (one girl used to make six figures a year working 7 days a week!)  Because we were making more money than the supervisors and Medical Records Directors in hospitals, they began to switch to transcription services which were sprouting up all over the place.  Plus AAMT came into existence and even though in the beginning it claimed it was to fight for transcriptionists (although assured us it was NOT a union), they eventually morphed into an organization that was more management friendly.  They developed the "guidelines" and the 65-char line.  That was the beginning of the end for those high-end wages.  Then all those mickey mouse transcription schools popped up, and now outsourcing overseas.  YES, we're complaining. 

I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas for me.  I'm trying to locate a counselor who apparently just disappeared.  I used the ecare.com and whitepages, but didn't find anything.  He had 2 offices in my city.  Fortunately, I don't need to see him, but I'd like to locate him for another reason.

While I'm at it, maybe someone knows if deceased physicians are located in a certain place.  Hopefully this isn't the case re this other GP, but he was my doc many years ago in a different state.  This is more a curiousity thing. 

I found my neighbor listed on ecare (she's a PA-C), so I know it's not just for MDs.  I just wanted to make sure.

Thanks for any ideas!

I can't afford new glasses, let alone Lasix.  Also Lasix only corrects one or the other (near or far).  I suppose if I could afford it, I'd go for near (being able to see clearly in the distance).  However, I have looked into not only the cost, but the fact that they actuall cut your cornea part way off, do the surgery underneath and then reconnect your cornea.  I'm like EEUUUWWW, I don't think so!

I'm my husband's ears and sometimes he's my eyes.  I'll say, "HONEY, JIM IS ON THE PHONE!"  and he'll say "Honey, watch out for that curb." 

We have a sense of humor about these things, fortunately.  He does read lips very well and I have gotten myself into trouble on occasion when I was mad at him. :)

reading a lot of the posts regarding the AHDI issue I see so many impressive, educated, eloquent posts that I am feeling confident again that our profession can be saved from being swallowed up like so many other professions that have fallen away.  We need more people like you to stand up for the little guy (no offense intended). 

that give you joy you'll become a bitter old woman and you'll always have regrets that you gave so much of yourself to your job. 

My mother died of cancer, she fought it for 17 years, but she was just 50 when she got it and the chemo damaged her heart so that she had no quality of life and she wanted to go to the beach one more time.

My father worked hours and hours, OT and weekends, and neglected his family, not out of financial need - not sure why exactly.  He developed Alzheimer's in his early 60s, was not able to enjoy retirement and it didn't matter that he had $100,000 in the bank because he didn't know who he was, didn't know who I was, was in diapers, couldn't feed himself, etc.  

Make the time to do what you enjoy, if only for 15 minutes a day.  If $$ is an issue, use coupoons, buy off brands, shop yard sales, etc.  

You can work until you last breath and they'll still be calling you to help with the backlog.   The company doesn't care about you, doesn't care if your children are sick, if your parents are dying, if you are puking your guts out, so why should you kill yourself for the company.

And, I must confess to a bit of stupidity ....... the description talks about foot switches or whatever -- what's that about? 

Thanks for sharing! 

I try to encourage new MTs to learn as much as they can from their experiences.  The reason that companies do not hire new MTs is because they worry about production and having to utilize their QA staff.  I know it is a catch 22, but that is why it is best to try to work on-site for at least a year to gain some experience.  Most companies require a certain line count each and every day, which can be tough on a new MT that has to research and look things up.  I'm with you, not against you, and wish you all the best.  With anything, take the good advice and leave the bad advice alone. 

I was working for an attorney and he wanted me to get into court reporting so I would be able to travel with him as his private court reporter in his cases. I checked around and there was only 1 school in my state. It was a 3 year course and cost $10,000. Of course, I had to say no, as I couldn't afford it.

I had also checked at our county courthouse for transcribing the tapes and they showed me the ins and outs. For a job there, I didn't need schooling, just the smarts, was told that type of job is solid once you get in the door, but not to depend on it (waiting), as nobody quits. They retire...and the girls I talked to were my age, so that bummed me out, too. Gave up that idea, too.

MT was my 3rd choice. It's okay, but too stressful anymore.

It does not matter if you do QA or greet people at Wal-Mart, if you don't care it is time to find something else to do.

It isn't just about you that QA makes these changes.  QA is doing their job to their employer's expectations.  Either take it as constructive criticism or leave, but don't make someone else pay for your lack of concern.  Having done everything in a medical office from scheduling appointments to transcription to bill collection, I can honestly say that quality matters - it matters to someone, somewhere - and if you are not in that loop, please for the rest of us that still care even after close to 30 years of this business, please, please take yourself to someplace you can be happy.

I do not agree with every nick-picking change QA makes, but I don't dwell on it or stop caring.  I keep plugging away at doing the best job I can.  I am doing something where I make good money and feel like I have an impact on patient care without having face-to-face patient contact or co-employee issues that come with working on-site.

So, go, shoo, get, go on now.  Let me have your work.

My cuz kept telling people to call me because I worked from home...they would ask how easy it was to make 2300.00 partime from home (you know all those ad's all over the place).Grrrrrrrrrrr.

I finally just got fed up and when folks would ask what I do I'd tell them that I was a medical language interpretor!  ha shut a lot of them up caus they can't scratch their heads and be rude at the same time.